This first-semester senior-level course focuses on advanced literature search strategies and understanding the requirements for various types of literature reviews.
Pre- and Post-Class Assignments
Pre- and post-class assigned learning modules to be completed before and after library instruction in the IHS 4501 senior seminar class. In the pre-class assignment, students will register an EndNote online account, search for and import a reference from PubMed, and share the reference in an EndNote online group with the instructor. In the post-class assignment, students will find a government report, create a reference in EndNote online, and cite the reference in APA 7th style.
IMS Senior Seminar PowerPoint Presentation
The Conducting Library Research PowerPoint presentation provides a framework for the beginning and end of the in-person lesson and is to be used as a supplement to the learning activities.
IMS Senior Seminar Learning Activity Handouts
IMS Senior Seminar learning activities for searching in PubMed and Web of Science. Students are to complete each 10-minute learning activity in groups of 2 to 4 learners. A 60-minute class will allow for an introduction/overview, discussion questions after each learning activity, and final questions or comments.
Please email robyn.rosasco@med.fsu.edu for any additional information or questions.
Abstracts:
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The examples below show a structured abstract with distinct, labeled sections (3.) and an unstructured abstract (4.):
A literature review is an overview that may range from an informal survey of the literature to a comprehensive review published for clinical decision support.
Select a Database
Consider your topic’s discipline (medicine, nursing, biology, public health, interdisciplinary, etc.), typical publication format (journals, books, conference proceedings, images, etc.), as well as the publication years and indexed journals included in each database.
Subject-specific Databases for the Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary Databases on Multiple Subjects
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